Hay-carrier



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Hay Carrier.

4m2-29,170, Patented Junezz, 1880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

LA VERNE W. NOYES, OFA CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HAY-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent N0. 229,170, dated Tune 22, 1880. imputation inea March 29, issn. (No model.)

To all lwhom t ma/y concern Be itknown that I, LA VERNE W. N OYES, of Chicago, Illinois, have invented a new and useful Hay-Carrier, of which the following is a specification.

The invention consists in the novel construction of the center-piece, it being formed ofa-single piece ot' metal, in connection with an arm for the support of the pulley which carries the rope for operating the fork. I attain these objects by the devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a view ofthe center-piece and its attachment to the roof-timbers of the barn, the rope or cable track, the carriage, and the fork being shown in position. Fig. 2 is a view of the end of the track, showing the support for the same and the attachment of the xed pulley over which the draft-rope runs. Fig. 3 shows the method of securing the end of the track-rope. Fig. 4 is a view of the attachment of the track to the center-piece. Fig. 6 is a view of the top of this attachment, and Fig. 5 is a section of the same.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

a a are collar-beams running across from rafter to rafter, several inches below the peak of the barn. To these are bolted, above and below, the hard -wood planks b b. These planks support the iron center-piece G C D, of which C G is the spindle, free to turn in ferrules let into the planks around its vertical axis. an offset and return arranged to support the carriage, so that its center of gravity and that of its load will be directly under the point of suspension, C. The lug c, with the catch d, retains the carriage on the rigid track D while the hay is being torn loose and. elevated. The arm E and pulley Fform a guide for the discharging-rope G, which rope also serves to pull the carriage back when the hay is discharged.

An ordinary knot in the track-rope, Fig. 2, sustains the iixed pulley over which the draft rope passes. The track-rope then passes over thecollar-beam K downward, and is fastened to a stay near the door, as shown in Fig. 3.

The center-piece may be put in the center of the barn, and the track may run in any di- Below the spindle the center-piece has rection from this point. In practice I put the center-piece within a few inches ofthe middle of the ridge-pole and run directly under the peak of the barn.

There is a collar-beam, K, in each end`oil the barn, and over the one not in use a cord is hung, both ends of which reach the iioor. When it is desired to Work the carrier in the other end of the barn another cord of equal length is attached to the end of the trackrope, which is then unfastened and lowered to the oor. The end of the track-rope is then attached to the cord already over the other collar-beam, and by this cord is drawn over the collar-beam, when it may be tightened and fastened, as shown, the centerpiece and carriage being free to turn into the new position required by the change.

To oil or repair the carriage it may be run out upon the track, which may then be slackened to the door.

In the attachment of the track to the center-piece, Figs. 4, 5, and 6, M is a separate piece or clamp for pinching the rope. This piece hinges at the knife-edge fm, and is tightcned by the bolts n u, when it holds the rope fast.

The teeth p p enter the rope to assist in holding it, and the sharp turn in the rope answers for the same purpose. The teeth 10 p furnish a sufticientlysmooth track for the pulleys of the carriage to roll on, .and admit of the clamp being tightened.

It will be seen that when the heaviest strain is brought upon the carrier-viz., when the forkful of hay is being torn loose from the load and elevated-the carriage stands upon the center-piece, and the strain transmitted to the timbers of the barn is a direct downward pressure. The heaviest strain, which is greatly magnified if the carriage stand on a flexible track, is thus removed from the ends of the barn.

The arm E and guide-pulley F will always be in position, no matter in what direction the track may run.

I have in the foregoing described a complete hay-carrier; but the center-piece is the invention sought to be patented.

I am aware that prior to my invention carriers with rope and cable tracks have been IOO made. I therefore do not claim such a, comeXtending downI from the curved end of the bination, broadly; but Ulshapedpamt for the support of the pulley 1o What Ido claim as my invention7 and desire F, as and for the purpose specified. to secure by Letters Patent is- 5 The center-piece C C D 1nd 2mn E, formed' LA VERNE W' NOYES of a, single piece of metal, the part D being Witnesses:

G. L. CHAPIN,

U-Shalped and extended out at right angles to form a track for the trucks, and the arm E A. G. MOREY. 

